236 SMITH—NOTES ON CERTAIN ASIATIC STYRACACEAE. 
Styrax shweliensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis S. hypoglauco, Perk. a quo foliis minoribus 
breviter acuminatis crebre et minute denticulatis supra pilosulis 
infra cinereo-tomentosis, inflorescentiis paucifloris, calycis tubo 
multo majore ferrugineo-tomentoso dentibus minutis irregulari- 
bus differt ; haud procul a S. Perkinsiae, Rehder a quo foliis 
crebre serratulis, pedicellis calycibusque ferrugineis primo intuitu 
distinguitur ; a S. langkongensi, W. W. Sm. foliis ovalibus vel 
ellipticis infra tenuiter cinereo-tomentosis inter alia recedit. 
Frutex 2—3 m. altus; rami subteretes, hornotini dense cinereo- 
vel subferrugineo-tomentosi, annotini glabrescentes et decorti- 
cantes. Folia petiolo 4-5 mm. longo dense stellato-tomentosa 
praedita ; lamina vulgo 5-6 cm. longa, 3~-3.5 cm. lata, ovalis 
vel late elliptica, apice breviter acuminata, basi rotundata vel 
subrotundata, margine crebre et minute denticulata, papyracea, 
supra pilis furcatis praesertim ad costam bene conspersa, infra 
indumento tenui stellato cinereo induta nervis lateralibus 4-5. 
Inflorescentiae pauciflorae, 1-3-florae, axillares et terminales ; 
flores circ. 2 cm. longi, albi, pedicello 7-9 mm. longo dense 
ferrugineo-tomentoso muniti. Calyx cupuliformis circ. 5 mm. 
longus, nunc ore truncatus dentibus minutis, nunc irregulariter 
dentatus, dense ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosus. Corolla 5- aed 
tita, tubo 3 mm. longo, lobis in aestivatione imbricatis, 13 m 
longis, 5-6 mm. latis ovato-lanceolatis vel subobovatis, eas: 
culis, extra molliter flavescenti-stellato-t Stamina 
10, filamentis parte libera complanatis circ. 6 mm. longis albo- 
pilosis ; antherae circ. 4 mm. longae pilis stellatis parce munitae. 
Ovarium dense albido-tomentosum stylo circ. 13 mm. longo 
fere ad apicem pilosulo. Fructus ovoideus, 12-18 mm. longus, 
ad 1 cm. latus, breviter mucronatus, calyce persistente inclusus, 
tomentosus. 
“West China :—Tengyueh-Shweli divide, Yunnan, in open 
situations amongst scrub. Lat.25°N. Alt. z7oooft. Shrub of 
6-9 ft. Flowers dull creamy-white. May 1913.’ G. Forrest. 
No. 9869 
“ Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open thickets. Lat. 
26° 10' N. Alt. 8000-9000 ft. Shrub of ro—12 ft. In fruit, 
July 1919.” G. Forrest. No. 18,240. 
